Program Associate, Strategic Impact Evaluation and Learning job at Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA)

JOB DETAILS:
Position Summary
The Strategic Impact Evaluation and Learning (SIEL) program of the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is a six-year learning partnership between FCDO’s Evaluation Unit, IPA, and the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL). SIEL aims to:

• Establish a robust evidence base to understand ‘what works’, including long-term impacts

• Enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of FCDO’s interventions and policies in strategic priority areas
• Equip FCDO staff with the necessary skills to deploy and leverage impact evaluations to optimize value for money.

Responsibilities
40%
Support the coordination of SIEL’s research fund focusing on humanitarian assistance, conflict and fragility, growth, and climate and nature
– Coordinate the regular competitive funding process, including drafting the calls for proposals, communicating with FCDO and research teams, managing the proposal review process, and supervising the development of grant agreements

– Track the status of grants and projects in SIEL’s portfolio, through the detailed review of grant deliverables and regular communication with research teams

– Liaise internally with relevant IPA teams such as research support, programs, grants, legal, finance, and global operations
Support grant reporting to donor
– Participate in the first review and filtering of research studies that will go onto the competitive fund review board

30%
Project development
– Support the Program Lead in project development activities, including but not limited to, conducting outreach and providing support to FCDO teams to develop proposals and coordinating matchmaking with researchers
– Liaise with FCDO teams, IPA and J-PAL Country Offices, external and internal researchers, and implementing organizations in order to support them in project development efforts

20%
Communications and policy outreach
– Support SIEL’s Research Uptake Lead and Program Lead in organizing and preparing materials for dissemination activities

– Support other dissemination activities as needed, such as keeping IPA’s website up to date with project summaries and planning and presenting at events

– Supporti SIEL’s Capacity Strengthening Lead in organizing and preparing materials for training sessions and other capacity strengthening activities

10%
General program administration
– Support financial monitoring and administration
– Contribute to the implementation of IPA’s diversity, equality, and inclusion strategy, including tracking SIEL’s progress against organizational metrics

Qualifications
Required
– Bachelor’s degree in economics, political science, public policy, or related fields
– At least 2 years of work experience in project and/or research management, research fund management, and/or research dissemination

– Demonstrated project management skills, including attention to operational and research detail, and ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects efficiently
– Excellent communication skills and the ability to communicate effectively and clearly with internal and external stakeholders using cogent, precise, non-technical language
– Ability to present information in a structured and insightful way, both in writing and orally

– Flexibility, self-motivation, willingness to learn, and a team-oriented attitude

Preferred
– Master’s degree in economics, political science, public policy, or related fields
– Knowledge of impact evaluation methodologies
– Knowledge of topics related to humanitarian assistance, climate and nature, growth, or conflict and fragility
– Experience writing evidence synthesis, research summaries, and policy briefs
– Proficiency in Excel and CRM software, like Salesforce

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 24

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
• Reports to
• Program Lead, SIEL
• Deadline to Apply
• March 6th, 2024
• Location
• Burkina Faso, Côte D’Ivore, Ghana, Malawi, Mali, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Uganda, US (New York City, Washington DC), Zambia

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